Some of the cues for Dusty were released on a CD compile of Frank Strangio's music. Dusty was Strangio's first feature film score:

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music for the bush dance - the band will be remembered for working with Joe Paolacci at times,

1 Original Score Music Recording Music Mixed by Bush Dance Music Frank Strangio Allan Eaton Studios Flagstaff Studios Ian McKenzie Captain Moonlight The band Captain Moonlight provided the music for the bush dance - the band will be remembered for working with Joe Paolacci at times, details of Paolacci's anthology album at Raven, here, and some of the band scored a close up in the film:

3 Some of the cues for Dusty were released on a CD compile of Frank Strangio's music. Dusty was Strangio's first feature film score:

4 Track 26 Running Free 1'53" Track 27 First Kill 1'23" Track 28 Mustering 1'24" Track 29 Tom's Death 2'50" This was a promotional CD and is now rare. On the other hand, the film mix on the DVD gives many of Strangio's cues plenty of air. Composer Frank Strangio: At time of writing, Strangio still had a personal website here. It contained this biography: Italian born Frank Strangio was raised in the United States and migrated to Australia as a teenager. He attended the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music and is a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. While living in Boston Frank studied Composition privately with composer Michael Gibbs and piano with Madame Margaret Chaloff and Ray Santisi. Upon his return to Australia, Strangio began composing music for myriad projects, from Corporate films and presentations to Commercials for TV and Radio. His first feature film score was fordusty, by director John Richardson, and was the winner of the Best Music Award at the 28th Asian Pacific Film Festival. Dusty was an orchestral score featuring members of the MSO.

5 This was followed by cult classics BMX Bandits, (Nicole Kidman's first film) and Dead End Drive-in, both directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. It is said that Dead End Drive-In is Quentin Tarantino's favorite Trenchard-Smith flick. Following this, Frank composed the music for the Craig Lahiff film Fever, featuring the late Bill Hunter and Gary Sweet, and received an AFI Nomination for Best Film Score. Strangio has gone on to compose many other film scores including Paradise Found (directed by Mario Andreacchio) starring Kiefer Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski. The score was recorded at Angel Studios in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra and at Waveband Studio in Melbourne. The score was nominated for Best Soundtrack Album at the Australian Screen Composer Guild awards. Strangio composed the orchestral score to Andreacchio's The Dragon Pearl starring Sam Neil. This was the first official Australia China co-production and was filmed at Hengdian World Studios in China. The score was recorded by the Slovak National Orchestra. Frank has also composed for many documentaries and television series including the inimitable 'Round The Twist, which was awarded an AFI Award for Best Children's Program for the episode "The Whirling Dervish". The episode "Little Squirt" won the Le Prix Jeunesse and was nominated for an Emmy Award. The series Mortified scooped several awards as well: Gold Medal winner at 2007 New York Festival of Int'l TV Programming and Promotion Youth Programs Grand Award winner for Best Youth Program Nomination for Banff World TV Awards 2007 International Emmy Nomination 2006 First Prize at Chicago Int'l Children's Festival 2006 AFI winner for Best Children's TV Series More recently, Frank composed the dark, electronic score to Leigh Sheehan's teen thriller, Six Plots. Strangio was a synth man for many years and provided a note on this aspect of his work: In a bid to expand his musical horizons and compositional technique, Strangio invested in the legendary Synclavier Digital Music System. The Synclavier was, undoubtedly, the most advanced music technology of its time and was championed by such musical luminaries as Sting, Frank Zappa, Quincy Jones, Mark Knoefler and film composers Danny Elfman, Alan Silvestri, Howard Shore and too many others to list here. Strangio states that "the beauty of the Synclavier is not only its unique sonoric qualities, but its human interfaceability", thus enabling him to compose intuitively, efficiently and quickly. " the beauty of the Synclavier is not only its unique sonoric qualities, but its human interfaceability." AWARDS & NOMINATIONS 2007 New York Festival of Int'l TV Programming and Promotion Gold Medal Winner for Best Youth Program - Mortified

6 2007 New York Festival of Int'l TV Programming and Promotion Grand Award Winner for Best Youth Program - Mortified 2007 Banff World TV Awards Nomination - Mortified 2007 International Emmy Nomination - Mortified 2006 First Prize at Chicago Int'l Children's Festival- Mortified 2006 AFI Award Winner for Best Children's TV Series - Mortified 2006 Australian Guild of Screen Composers Nomination for Best Original Song for the Screen (with Joe Creighton) 2000 AFI Award Winner for Best Childrenʼs Program - Round The Twist 1993 Emmy Award Nomination for Best Children's Program - Round The Twist (series 2) Winner of Le Prix Jeunesse for Best Children's Program - Round The Twist (series 2) 1986 Penguin Award for Best Music - The Lancaster Miller Affair 1988 AFI Award Nomination for Best Music - Fever 28th Asian Pacific Film Festival Award for Best Music - Dusty The site also provided this filmography: Feature Films: Six Plots (2012) The Dragon Pearl (2011) Under a Red Moon (2008) Elephant Tales (2006) Paradise Found (2003) Dalkeith (2002) Young Blades (2001) Muggers (2000) Dags (1998) Under The Gun (1995) Iron Fist Sex is A Four Letter Word (1995) Lex & Rory (1994) Get Away, Get Away (1993) Voyage Into Fear (1993) Strangers (1991) Bony (1990) A Kink In The Picasso (1990) Fever (1988) The Dreaming (1988) Living Forever (1987) Coda: A Symphony of Evil (1987) Contagion (1987) Dead-End Drive In (1986) The Blue Lightning (1986) BMX Bandits (1983) Dusty (1983)

7 Television Series & Mini-Series Mortified (2006/2007) Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003) Round the Twist ( ) The Genie from Down Under (1998) The Genie from Down Under (1996) Glad Rags (1995) Snowy River (1994) Under The Skin (1993) Bay City (1993) Songs of Innocence (1992) Lift Off (1992) Bony (1992) Flair (1990) The Lancaster Miller Affair (1986) The Harold Holt Mystery (1985) Glass Babies (1985) Television Movies Strangers (1991) Bony (1990) Living Forever (1987) The Blue Lightning (1986) Documentaries P.S. I Love You Peru - The Land of the Llama Reunion The World's Greatest Commercials The Tree Kangaroo: Forest Recluse The Beast that Man Forgot The Adventures of the Quest series The Wild Yak of Tibet The Destroyers 100 Years of Australian Football Rex Hunt Fishing Adventures The Worlds Greatest Commercials The Australian Football Program Rex Hunt's Fishing World Monuments To Man A Walk In The Sea The Researchers Escape The Dream Merchants of Asia

8 Crocodiles: The Deadly Survivors The Enterprise Wildcat & Pipedreams On The Line Living Forever The Brisbane Line Jerusalem of Heaven & Earth Australia's Hidden Wealth Journey to Hainan Triumph of the Nomads The Pintubi The Mississippi Challenge The Wharfie (Below: Frank Strangio)

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